On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
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...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
District 6 School in New Sweden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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