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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
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