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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Carl Berg opened the Farmers and Travelers Hotel in Sleepy Eye in 1874. It was a simple, two level...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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