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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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