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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

