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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Almond White and the Motley Castle
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Dotson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion School In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Church of the Holy Cross
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
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 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

