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