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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hanover Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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