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
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Walker Art Center's Idea Houses I and II were the first fully-functional homes built by a...
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wilder Public Baths
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
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...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Milford Monument
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Church of the Holy Cross
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The End of the Line in Currie
Endion School In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Cobden
The Old School In Wolverton
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Ottawa
The Le Sueur Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

