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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Florence Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hollywood Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Enter Marlon Brando
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Moderne New Ulm Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Ruins of Sawyer School
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

