Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
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...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
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...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The End of the Line in Currie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Meyer School In St Augusta
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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