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...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

