Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
If you’ve been to Anoka, Minnesota, you might have seen this stone structure in the Rum River and...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The New Englanders who settled in the St Croix Valley were drawn there because of the thick, wild...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

