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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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