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 Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Oxford Mill Ruin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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