Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
The Little Marais Inn
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hollywood Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
State Theater In Hutchinson
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The End of the Line in Currie
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

