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
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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