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
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
University Grove is an eclectic jumble of 20th-century homes situated on tree-lined streets in a...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Robbinsdale Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Ruins of Sawyer School
Visiting Golden Gate
Munger Terrace In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Enter Marlon Brando
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome to Hanska
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Church of the Holy Cross
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Hanover Bridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Sandstone
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The End of the Line in Currie
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome To Dotson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
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 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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
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...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

