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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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