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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
Moving Old Hibbing
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Visiting Golden Gate
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Little Marais Inn
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Cobden
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood Town Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Milford Monument
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion School In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Wasioja
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The End of the Line in Currie
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering Quadna Resort
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 6 School in New Sweden
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

