On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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