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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Almelund Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston