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
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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