Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
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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 John Beargrease?
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Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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