Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Visiting Golden Gate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Milford Monument
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Franconia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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