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...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Exploring Sandstone
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Le Sueur Theater
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Ottawa
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown