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...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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...
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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