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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Hanover Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion School In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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