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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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