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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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