In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Lost Highway 61
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hollywood Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome to Hanska
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

