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

