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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

