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
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
You may remember the name Fridley because you've passed through the northern suburb of Minneapolis...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Randall Cooperative Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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