Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Swinford Townhomes
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Most of us wouldn’t consider a 13,000 square foot mansion situated on a six-acre wooded lot with...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Shortly after midnight on November 28, 1905, the Crescent City dropped anchor in 90-feet of water...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Enter Marlon Brando
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

