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 Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
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...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Little Falls Depot
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The End of the Line in Currie
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Hollywood Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Visiting Golden Gate
Oxford Mill Ruin
District 48 School Near Delano
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Duluth Homestead Project
Endion School In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
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...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...

