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
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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