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
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
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...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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