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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
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...
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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