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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown