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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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