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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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