Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
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
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown