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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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