On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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
