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
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Calling all St Paul history buffs! I have spent way too long researching this little piece of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Robbinsdale Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Moderne New Ulm Library
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Almelund Creamery
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood Town Hall
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Little Falls Depot
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

