Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Names like Louis Comfort Tiffany and Gustav Stickley are well rooted in many American’s minds as...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Adolph Biermann house in Rochester is the oldest documented structure in the Mayowood Historic...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Little Marais Inn
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Ottawa
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

