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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
The Little Marais Inn
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
Old Brewery In Preston
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hanover Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown