On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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