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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
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...
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Wasioja
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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