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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
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...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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