Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

