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