Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Enter Marlon Brando
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Moving Old Hibbing
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Meyer School In St Augusta
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Franconia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Sandstone
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 Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Punished Woman’s Lake
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome to Heaton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
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
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown