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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
♫ When the Weatherball is glowing red, warmer weather’s just ahead. When the Weatherball is...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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