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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Wilder Public Baths
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Ottawa
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Munger Terrace In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lost Highway 61
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome to Hanska
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
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
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Winter At The Lamar School
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Punished Woman’s Lake
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
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