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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hollywood Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lost Highway 61
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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