Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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