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