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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
The Old School In Wolverton
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Franconia
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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