Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jordan Brewery Complex
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Ottawa
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial 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
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul