Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Wasioja
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Enter Marlon Brando
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

