On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown