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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
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...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

