Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Little Falls Depot
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Almelund Creamery
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Brewery In Preston
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Little Marais Inn
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

