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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
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...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Old Brewery In Preston
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wandering Around The Toimi School
State Theater In Hutchinson
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Old Wadena
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

