Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hanover Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Ruins of Sawyer School
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bend in the River Regional Park
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
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?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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