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 Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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