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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Franconia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown