On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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