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...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hanover Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Little Marais Inn
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Wasioja
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

