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...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Ottawa
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Wasioja
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Red Wing Iron Works
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
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