Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Sandstone
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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