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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome to Hanska
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Duluth Homestead Project
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Sandstone
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
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...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

