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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
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...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

