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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
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
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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