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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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