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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
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