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...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hanover Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

