Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moving Old Hibbing
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Little Marais Inn
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
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
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston