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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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