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...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lost Highway 61
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Little Marais Inn
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Franconia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

