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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Greater Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
I love it when counties place markers at their historic sites! I always stop to see what little...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Built in 1926, the New Ulm Company Service Station is the best remaining example in a series of...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The End of the Line in Currie
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jordan Brewery Complex
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
The Almelund Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
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...

