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
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Travelers come upon the Stewart Creek stone-arch bridge in a bend of an unpaved section of Skyline...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Cobden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Wasioja
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Moving Old Hibbing
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac 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 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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Welcome to Heaton
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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