Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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