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 Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the cityโs most influential women.This...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Eight Days in May Protests
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Wilder Public Baths
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The original movie theater in Aitkin showed silent films and wasnโt set up to show talkies. As the...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sometimes there isn’t much to look at when I’m out exploring and driving from place to...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome to Hanska
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Almelund Creamery
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Le Sueur Theater
Little Falls Depot
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jordan Brewery Complex
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood Town Hall
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The End of the Line in Currie
Enter Marlon Brando
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Florence Town Hall
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Wasioja
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
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...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

