On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

