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
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles G. Jackson immigrated to the U.S. and purchased the Anoka House, the oldest hotel in Anoka...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Townhomes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
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...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasn’t set up to show talkies. As the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Little Marais Inn
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Sandstone
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Almelund Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
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...

