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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Endion School In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Moderne New Ulm Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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