On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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