Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Old School In Wolverton
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township 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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

