Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Le Sueur Theater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Milford Monument
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 48 School Near Delano
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

