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
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Constructed in 1869-70, the Metropolitan Hotel once stood at the corner of Washington and Third...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hanover Bridge
Hanover Bridge was constructed by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio in 1885. The single...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 48 School Near Delano
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Church of the Holy Cross
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

