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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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