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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Franconia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Daniel Piper House in Medford
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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