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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
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