On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
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The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
In the late-1880s, a benefactor in St Louis offered to purchase land in Lake City for the Ursuline...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

