Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
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...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome to Hanska
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In 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