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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Little Marais Inn
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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