Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
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...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Little Falls Depot
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Sandstone
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Lundring Service Station in Canby
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Visiting Golden Gate
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

