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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

