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 Jackson Hotel In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Greater Minnesota
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
November 27, 1905, was a typical Monday morning for the crew of the flat-bottomed scow, George...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 6 School in New Sweden
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Almelund Creamery
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Florence Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Wasioja
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion School In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Oxford Mill Ruin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Moderne New Ulm Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Welcome to Heaton
Winter At The Lamar School
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
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