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...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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