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
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Lustron homes along Nicollet Avenue near 50th Street S in Minneapolis are among nearly 2,500 of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor 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