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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Sandstone
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Old School In Wolverton
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

