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