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
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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