On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

