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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Le Sueur Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Cobden
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Florence Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge 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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
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