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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Red Wing Iron Works
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
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