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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Memories are made at the lake. Whether you’re lucky enough to go every weekend in the summer...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion Depot In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Hanover Bridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

