Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Green Lake Mounds
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

