On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

