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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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