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
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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
District 48 School Near Delano
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lundring Service Station in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City