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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
William Colvill — does that name ring a bell? Unless you're a Civil War history buff, this name...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
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