Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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