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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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