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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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