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...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Franconia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Le Sueur Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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