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 Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 48 School Near Delano
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
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