Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Little Marais Inn
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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