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 Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didn’t know where I was. I certainly didn’t...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Greater Minnesota
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...
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
George Neuwirth operated a popular bowling alley and bar throughout the 1930s and 1940s in New Ulm...
Welcome To Dotson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Enter Marlon Brando
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Oxford Mill Ruin
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Little Marais Inn
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Duluth Homestead Project
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hanover Bridge
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome To Cobden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
Hollywood Town Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Lost Highway 61
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
The Le Sueur Theater
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Red Wing Iron Works
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Old School In Wolverton
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion Depot In Duluth
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
These two warehouses in Superior, Wisconsin are pretty popular places to photograph. After...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

