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...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Wasioja
Remembering Quadna Resort
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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