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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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