On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

