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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
If you travel north on Highway 64 through central Minnesota, you will likely pass through Akeley...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bend in the River Regional Park
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Ottawa
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Visiting Golden Gate
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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