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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Florence Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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