Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Hanska
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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