Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Orpheum Theater in Duluth, Minnesota, was built on the old Temple Opera House site. The opera...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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