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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome to Hanska
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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