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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Enter Marlon Brando
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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