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