Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul