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...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Franconia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Finding The Past In Swatara
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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