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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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