Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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