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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
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