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
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Women’s City Club In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Old Wadena
Green Lake Mounds
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome to Hanska
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hollywood Town Hall
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Historic Wasioja
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Ruins of Sawyer School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Red Wing Iron Works
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Franconia
The Le Sueur Theater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Meyer School In St Augusta
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Enter Marlon Brando
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

