Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
As the nineteenth century began to wind down, the residents of Minneapolis and St. Paul became...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
As construction workers were excavating a roadway along the eastern shore of Prairie Lake near...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown