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
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Moving Old Hibbing
Imagine that you’re a recent immigrant to northern Minnesota just after the turn of the 20th...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Almelund Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Little Marais Inn
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lost Highway 61
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Green Lake Mounds
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Endion School In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lincoln Park In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...

