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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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