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...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Endion Depot In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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