On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

