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...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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