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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 48 School Near Delano
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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