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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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