Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Over Memorial Day weekend, I was lucky enough to attend the pre-grand opening of the Sibley...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Landmark Center In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Eight Days in May Protests
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The West Bridge in Madelia, Minnesota, was built in 1908. It is the earliest remaining example of a...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Wasioja
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Milford Monument
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
State Theater In Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
District 6 School in New Sweden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Welcome to Heaton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of 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