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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Townhomes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Robbinsdale Library
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The End of the Line in Currie
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Visiting Golden Gate
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moving Old Hibbing
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Sandstone
Moderne New Ulm Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Green Lake Mounds
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Endion School In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Red Wing Iron Works
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Randall Cooperative Creamery
District 48 School Near Delano
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hanover Bridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

