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 Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Wasioja
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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