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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
The Le Sueur Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

