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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
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