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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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