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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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