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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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