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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Florence Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

