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