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...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
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