Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Old School In Wolverton
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
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