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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
The Almelund Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Franconia
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Wasioja
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Winter At The Lamar School
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Old Brewery In Preston