Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
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...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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