Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Twin Cities Area
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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