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...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Old Brewery In Preston
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The End of the Line in Currie
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Little Marais Inn
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Moving Old Hibbing
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Cobden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Florence Town Hall
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Welcome to Heaton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Winter At The Lamar School
Punished Woman’s Lake
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