In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Red Wing Iron Works
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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