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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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