On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

