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

