Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Red Wing Iron Works
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Ottawa
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Moving Old Hibbing
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

