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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Little Falls Depot
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moving Old Hibbing
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome to Hanska
Oxford Mill Ruin
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...

