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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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