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...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Planning for a new road for stagecoach travel westward from the Mississippi began in the winter of...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Island Project In the fall of 1953, the peaceful quiet of the north shore just south of...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
State Theater In Hutchinson
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
The Le Sueur Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

