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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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