On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
Twin Cities Area
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
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
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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