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...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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