Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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