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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
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...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Almelund Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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