Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State Hospital
In 1873, the State of Minnesota was looking for a way to house an increasingly problematic group of...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Green Lake Mounds
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Almelund Creamery
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Ottawa
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

