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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
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
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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