Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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