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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

