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
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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