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...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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