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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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