Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (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...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hanover Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Oxford Mill Ruin
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Moving Old Hibbing
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Milford Monument
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Green Lake Mounds
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Le Sueur Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lost Highway 61
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

