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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A library was first established in Two Harbors, Minnesota in 1897. A group of citizens banded...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Dotson
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Almelund Creamery
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moderne New Ulm Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome to Hanska
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Old Brewery In Preston
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Old School In Wolverton
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...

