Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
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...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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