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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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