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
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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