Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
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...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Scottish immigrant James G Craigie settled in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, along with his wife...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Milford Monument
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
State Theater In Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
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...

