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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Florence Town Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Little Falls Depot
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Old School In Wolverton
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
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
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul