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 Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
At the turn of the twentieth century, newspapers and magazines touted quack cures and healing cults...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Apartments
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Eight Days in May Protests
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
This abandoned school has been on my to-do list for quite a while, and I finally made it there in...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Old Brewery In Preston
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Finding The Past In Swatara
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 48 School Near Delano
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hanover Bridge
Historic Franconia
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
The Le Sueur Theater
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Almelund Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Wasioja
Welcome To Old Wadena
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Little Marais Inn
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

