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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 48 School Near Delano
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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