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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
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...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

