Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
As preservationists approached Rockledge, the home’s owner, Ernest L. King Jr., shuffled to the...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering Quadna Resort
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In 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