Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
As the popularity and accessibility of automobiles grew throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the problem...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Moving Old Hibbing
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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