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
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Hollywood Town Hall
The Carver County District Number 76 School was built in 1906 and opened for classes in the fall of...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Red Wing Iron Works
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
District 6 School in New Sweden
Welcome to Hanska
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Moving Old Hibbing
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Milford Monument
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
State Theater In Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Finding The Past In Swatara
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Le Sueur Theater
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Florence Town Hall
The End of the Line in Currie
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

