On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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