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