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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Did you know that there was a veterans cemetery planned for the site of the 1862 battle of Birch...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Little Falls Depot
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown