On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
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...
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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