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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion Depot In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Old Wadena
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
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...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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