Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moving Old Hibbing
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Little Marais Inn
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston