Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
State Theater In Hutchinson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Wasioja
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
The End of the Line in Currie
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Dead Good Walks
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
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

