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