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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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