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 Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The serene group of cottages around a horseshoe-shaped drive that we see today was not the first...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
District 48 School Near Delano
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Meyer School In St Augusta
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Wasioja
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Little Falls Depot
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lost Highway 61
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

