On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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