Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Dotson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City