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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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