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...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Apartments
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The District Number 50 school in Essig, Minnesota, opened in 1912. Children attend this one-room...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Exploring Sandstone
Visiting Golden Gate
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hanover Bridge
Welcome to Hanska
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Green Lake Mounds
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Enter Marlon Brando
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

