On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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