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 Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
On March 22, 1836, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark married Lieutenant Horatio Phillips Van Cleve a few...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
One of my favorite stops lately was Fort Juelson in Otter Tail County. The site is located on the...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Milford Monument
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Wasioja
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Punished Woman’s Lake
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City