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
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
In 1872, Joseph Schmucker took over operation of Friton Brewery, which was the first brewery to...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
In 1957, trucks loaded with prefabricated homes rolled along Highway 61 toward a new building site...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Welcome To Dotson
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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