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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
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...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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