On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

