On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

