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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Visiting Golden Gate
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Little Marais Inn
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Endion School In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

