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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome to Hanska
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Wasioja
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
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
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul