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
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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