Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hollywood Town Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
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