Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Old School In Wolverton
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
The End of the Line in Currie
The Le Sueur Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring Sandstone
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moving Old Hibbing
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
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...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Discovering Wisconsin Point
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
Old Brewery In Preston