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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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