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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
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...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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