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...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
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...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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