On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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