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 Saint Paul Hotel
The St Paul Hotel has been the backbone of charm and elegance in downtown St Paul since it opened...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Cobden
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Almelund Creamery
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Little Falls Depot
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Old Wadena
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Ruins of Sawyer School
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Little Marais Inn
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Visiting Golden Gate
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bend in the River Regional Park
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion School In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Franconia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hanover Bridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

