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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
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
Old Brewery In Preston