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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion School In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

