In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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