Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
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...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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