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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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