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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
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...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...

