On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

