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
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion Depot In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Dotson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Milford Monument
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Florence Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Franconia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Brewery In Preston
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

