Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Moderne New Ulm Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
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