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