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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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