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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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