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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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