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
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
This red sandstone house is the oldest in the Washburn Fair Oaks Mansion District and it had an odd...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Old Wadena
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion Depot In Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Enter Marlon Brando
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moderne New Ulm Library
The End of the Line in Currie
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Ottawa
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion School In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Franconia
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

