On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
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
Old Brewery In Preston