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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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