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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
District 48 School Near Delano
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Florence Town Hall
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Winter At The Lamar School
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In 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