Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Old Brewery In Preston