On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluthโs west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

