In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Dotson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In 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