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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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