Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg and his wife Dora were the owners of a jewelry store in downtown Minneapolis in the...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion Depot In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Visiting Golden Gate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Hanover Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

