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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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