Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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