Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Almelund Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering Quadna Resort
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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