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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
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...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 48 School Near Delano
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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