Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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