On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

