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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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