On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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