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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Townhomes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering Quadna Resort
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moving Old Hibbing
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Florence Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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