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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Endion Depot In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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