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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
When people think of the gold rush, they think of California, but Minnesota had its own gold rush...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome to Hanska
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Red Wing Iron Works
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hollywood Town Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring Ottawa
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Duluth Homestead Project
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Milford Monument
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

