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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

