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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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