Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome to Hanska
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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