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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston