Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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