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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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