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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lost Highway 61
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
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...

