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...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Enter Marlon Brando
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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