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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
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...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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