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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Cobden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor 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