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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
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...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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