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...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

