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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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