Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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