On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

