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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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