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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Apartments
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Greater Minnesota
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Endion Depot In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome To Cobden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Franconia
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Enter Marlon Brando
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Welcome To Old Wadena
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
If you’re here because you followed Forgotten Minnesota, you already know this. But in case you’re...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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 Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

