Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome to Hanska
Enter Marlon Brando
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Moving Old Hibbing
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

