On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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