Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
In 1909, just eight years after this school was built in Sandstone, lightning struck. Sadly, the...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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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