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
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis was one of the rare mills in the city that had four finished...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Robbinsdale Library
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
I saw this pretty old farmhouse streak by my window as I was driving on I-35 and knew right away...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood Town Hall
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Enter Marlon Brando
State Theater In Hutchinson
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Cobden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Little Marais Inn
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 48 School Near Delano
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lost Highway 61
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

