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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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