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...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Wilder Public Baths
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Franconia
Florence Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Milford Monument
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Moving Old Hibbing
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
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...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Punished Woman’s Lake
Winter At The Lamar School
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
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