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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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