Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
District #28 School in Ramsey
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Milford Monument
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Franconia
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Church of the Holy Cross
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
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