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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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