On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...

