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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring Sandstone
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

