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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In 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