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...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Sandstone
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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