Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Historic Franconia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital 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