On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

