On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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