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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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