Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Cobden
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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