On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

