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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
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...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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