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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Unless you’re looking for it or know it’s there, it might be easy to drive right by...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
The Almelund Creamery
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Milford Monument
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Church of the Holy Cross
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

