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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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