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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
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