Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring Ottawa
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Endion Depot In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Old School In Wolverton
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

