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...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Little Falls Depot
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
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