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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Dotson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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