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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Greater Minnesota
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Built in 1898, the West Riverside School was originally known as District #38 School. Isanti County...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

