On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

