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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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