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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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