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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Visiting Golden Gate
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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