Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring Ottawa
Endion Depot In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion School In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
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
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
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...

