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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Le Sueur Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

