Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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