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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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