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...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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