Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Franconia
Little Falls Depot
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Moving Old Hibbing
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Visiting Golden Gate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
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...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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