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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering Quadna Resort
Red Wing Iron Works
The Church of the Holy Cross
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lost Highway 61
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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