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
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moderne New Ulm Library
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
Old Brewery In Preston