Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hollywood Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Red Wing Iron Works
Old Brewery In Preston
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Almelund Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome to Hanska
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Exploring Ottawa
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Green Lake Mounds
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The End of the Line in Currie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
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...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill 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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
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