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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery sits at the base of a bluff along the Root River, a site known for its scenic...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
The End of the Line in Currie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Franconia
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Visiting Golden Gate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lost Highway 61
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
District 48 School Near Delano
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

