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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Green Lake Mounds
The Milford Monument
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Remembering Quadna Resort
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 48 School Near Delano
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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