On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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