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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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