In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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