On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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