Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Twin Cities Area
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

