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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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