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
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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