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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Church of the Holy Cross
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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