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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

