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...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gates of Stonebridge
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lost Highway 61
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Almelund Creamery
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Le Sueur Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The End of the Line in Currie
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Red Wing Iron Works
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Florence Town Hall
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome to Hanska
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

