Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The childhood home of children’s book author and illustrator Wanda Gag was built in New Ulm...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Exploring Ottawa
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Cobden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Dotson
Florence Town Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Bend in the River Regional Park
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Carnegie Library In Watertown
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