Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Ruins of Sawyer School
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Oxford Mill Ruin
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome to Hanska
Endion School In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Meyer School In St Augusta
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lost Highway 61
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
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