Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Franconia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lost Highway 61
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

