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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ok, stick with me here. Can you remember how your elementary school smelled? I can. Vividly. A hint...
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

