Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Schmid Farmhouse is located on a hill above Lake Minnetonka. It was constructed in 1876 by...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Little Marais Inn
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Red Wing Iron Works
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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