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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Little Falls Depot
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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