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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Wasioja
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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