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
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington arrived in Rochester in 1871 to work for the railroad. It didn’t take long for...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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