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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Wasioja
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 donโt...

