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...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected ๐ The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

