Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Le Sueur Theater on Main Street in Le Sueur, Minnesota, opened in 1884. The building was...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Little Marais Inn
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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