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
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston