In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Little Marais Inn
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Sandstone
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown