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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Little Falls Depot
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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