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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Wasioja
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
The Duluth Homestead Project
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The End of the Line in Currie
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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