On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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