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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
William Hinkle came to Minneapolis in 1877 after graduating from Yale University. He established...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Brewery In Preston
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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