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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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