Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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