Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Le Sueur Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Florence Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Old School In Wolverton
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Finding The Past In Swatara
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Green Lake Mounds
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

