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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Greater Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
Welcome To Cobden
Cobden, Minnesota, was incorporated in 1905. The little railroad town included a bank, creamery...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The End of the Line in Currie
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Historic Wasioja
Moving Old Hibbing
Green Lake Mounds
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Dotson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion School In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Visiting Golden Gate
Red Wing Iron Works
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Jordan Brewery Complex
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

