Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Park Terrace was an opulent building of Victorian townhouses located on a steep hill just off of...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Church of the Holy Cross
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Lost Highway 61
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moving Old Hibbing
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

