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
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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