On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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