Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Pine Tree Lumber Company was established in Little Falls in 1890. Located on the banks of the...
Florence Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
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...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

