Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
District 48 School Near Delano
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Finding The Past In Swatara
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Lost Highway 61
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

