On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
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...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

