Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood Town Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The End of the Line in Currie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Church of the Holy Cross
Florence Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Lost Highway 61
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Ottawa
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
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