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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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