Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Old School In Wolverton
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
District 48 School Near Delano
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

