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 Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Saint Paul Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Moderne New Ulm Library
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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
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