Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Duluth Homestead Project
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Green Lake Mounds
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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