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
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Saint Paul Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Swinford Apartments
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
After a devastating forest fire obliterated the villages of Finlayson, Hinckley, Miller, Mission...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jordan Brewery Complex
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Exploring Ottawa
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Le Sueur Theater
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Endion School In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Brewery In Preston
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Little Falls Depot
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Endion Depot In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Welcome to Heaton
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Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown