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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The house at 193 N Mackubin in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built in 1882. This Second Empire-style...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Apartments
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
Florence Town Hall is located along Highway 61 in Frontenac Station. The land to build the town...
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Sandstone
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 48 School Near Delano
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion Depot In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hanover Bridge
Historic Wasioja
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

