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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
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