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
The Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Robbinsdale Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Ottawa
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hollywood Town Hall
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Franconia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Green Lake Mounds
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The New Ulm Company Service Station
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome To Cobden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Old Brewery In Preston
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome To Old Wadena
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...

