Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Landmark Center In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Greater Minnesota
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...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Florence Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 6 School in New Sweden
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Endion School In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Meyer School In St Augusta
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Moving Old Hibbing
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
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...
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
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

