Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
On Thanksgiving Day in 1982, Minneapolis lost one of its most enduring landmarks--the Weatherball...
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Meyer School In St Augusta
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Ruins of Sawyer School
Oxford Mill Ruin
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Dotson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

