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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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