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 William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The End of the Line in Currie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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