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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Swinford Townhomes
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isnโt clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Little Marais Inn
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Visiting Golden Gate
Hollywood Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Duluth Homestead Project
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Le Sueur Theater
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
The Church of the Holy Cross
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Meyer School In St Augusta
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bend in the River Regional Park
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

