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
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Last fall I was able to cross a few stops in Duluth’s west end off of my to-do list. I wanted to...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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