Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Twin Cities Area
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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