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 Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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