Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Greater Minnesota
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Jordan Brewery Complex
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Brewery In Preston
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Hollywood Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Little Falls Depot
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

