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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Milford Monument
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Sandstone
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Almelund Creamery
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Meyer School In St Augusta
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

