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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...

