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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
The Almelund Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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