Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Today, The Blaisdell is a wedding and event venue with cozy places to gather with your nearest and...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor 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