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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown