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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
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