Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Green Lake Mounds
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

