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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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