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