On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
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...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

