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
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis was constructed between 1891 and 1893. It was...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Wasioja
Florence Town Hall
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hollywood Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Almelund Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Endion Depot In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Cobden
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to Hanska
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

