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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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