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