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...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Red Wing Iron Works
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Franconia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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