Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
James J. Hill was the preeminent transportation pioneer in the American Northwest. He arrived in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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