Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Winter At The Lamar School
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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