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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hanover Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hollywood Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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