Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
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