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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Franconia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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