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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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