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
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
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
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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