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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
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...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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