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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome to one of the most awe-inspiring buildings in Minnesota. It’s big. It’s...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Le Sueur Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Old School In Wolverton
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Sandstone
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Jordan Brewery Complex
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Welcome to Hanska
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood Town Hall
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moving Old Hibbing
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Endion Depot In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Almelund Creamery
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Little Marais Inn
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Remembering Quadna Resort
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Exploring Ottawa
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

