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

