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...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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