In an age before women had the right to vote, Elizabeth C. Quinlan was a natural entrepreneur who...
Twin Cities Area
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth is full of off-the-beaten-path historical gems. I was photographing another building in the...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Wasioja
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lost Highway 61
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Dotson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Florence Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion Depot In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
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