On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

