Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The George and Charlotte Crosby house is located just a few blocks east of downtown Duluth...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Ruins of Sawyer School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Le Sueur Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bend in the River Regional Park
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Endion Depot In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
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 Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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