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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion School In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
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
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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