Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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