Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
District #28 School in Ramsey
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Dotson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Brewery In Preston
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Old School In Wolverton
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Remembering Quadna Resort
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
State Theater In Hutchinson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
Hanover Bridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...
Welcome to Heaton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
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