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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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