In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Milford Monument
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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