Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minneapolis has many beautiful homes, but the Gale mansion is easily one of my top three. I love...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Greater Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Moving Old Hibbing
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Little Falls Depot
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Welcome to Hanska
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Sandstone
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
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...

