Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

