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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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