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 Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Germania Bank building is the only remaining brownstone “skyscraper” in St Paul. The eight...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lost Highway 61
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Endion School In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Brewery In Preston
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Franconia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

