On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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