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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Little Falls Depot
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

