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...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lost Highway 61
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
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