On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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