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