Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Florence Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Red Wing Iron Works
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Enter Marlon Brando
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bend in the River Regional Park
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Almelund Creamery
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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