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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
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...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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