On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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