On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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