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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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 Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston