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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
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
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul