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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul