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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Enter Marlon Brando
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
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...
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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