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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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