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
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul