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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
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