On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Exploring Ottawa
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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