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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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