Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Robbinsdale Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Landmark Center In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
John Grant Lund was a feisty showman and self-made millionaire known locally as the real estate...
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Little Falls Depot
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Dotson
Finding The Past In Swatara
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Almelund Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Florence Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Ruins of Sawyer School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Winter At The Lamar School
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
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