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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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