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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Milford Monument
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

