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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering Quadna Resort
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
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 first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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