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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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...
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
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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
