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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Townhomes
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Greater Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
September 24, 1909 At 4:20 a.m., an off-duty worker at the Fergus Falls City Light Station woke up...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Enter Marlon Brando
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Le Sueur Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Sandstone
The Little Marais Inn
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Finding The Past In Swatara
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Green Lake Mounds
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Almelund Creamery
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Red Wing Iron Works
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome to Hanska
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Meyer School In St Augusta
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Moving Old Hibbing
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

