Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Meyer School In St Augusta
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Punished Woman’s Lake
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