On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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