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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
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...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

