On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

