Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
Moderne New Ulm Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Moving Old Hibbing
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
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