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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Franconia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
District 48 School Near Delano
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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