Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House 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...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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