Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Donald and Carrie Balfour house in Rochester, Minnesota, is a lovely example of how an Arts and...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bend in the River Regional Park
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Meyer School In St Augusta
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The End of the Line in Currie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

