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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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