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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Little Marais Inn
The completion of Highway 61 along the North Shore in the 1920s allowed vacationers to travel all...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Wasioja
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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