Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the state’s empire builders, St. Paul’s elite built their...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome To Dotson
Finding the ghost town of Dotson, Minnesota, wasn’t easy. I was going off of second-hand...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Old Brewery In Preston
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hanover Bridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Florence Town Hall
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Ottawa
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Le Sueur Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Red Wing Iron Works
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome To Old Wadena
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Almelund Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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