Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance Building In...
The Germania Life Insurance Building was built in 1889 at Fourth Street and Minnesota in downtown...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
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