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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After one hundred and twenty years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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