Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A gale swept Lake Superior after extraordinary high pressure began to fall on November 27, 1905...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

