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
Women’s City Club In St Paul
One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Around the turn of the twentieth century, Nicollet County had eight rural crossroads hamlets. While...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Welcome To Dotson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Endion Depot In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Almelund Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Florence Town Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bend in the River Regional Park
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
District 6 School in New Sweden
Green Lake Mounds
The End of the Line in Currie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome to Hanska
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
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
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

