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 End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
In 1899, the Twin City Rapid Transit Company extended its reach of their streetcars to the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Almelund Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses 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...
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
Old Brewery In Preston