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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering Quadna Resort
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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