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
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Built in 1913, the Charles and Grace Parker House was designed by the nationally-prominent Prairie...
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Exploring Ottawa
Don’t you love it when you stop in a town for one historic building and find out there are other...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Ruins of Sawyer School
District 48 School Near Delano
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Milford Monument
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bend in the River Regional Park
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Franconia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
The Almelund Creamery
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
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...
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
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

