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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
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...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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