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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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