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
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Earlier this week I visited the Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College in Bloomington. The...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Robbinsdale Library
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Enter Marlon Brando
Founded in 1858, Shattuck Military Academy in Faribault was one of the oldest and most respected...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Daniel Piper came to Minnesota from New Hampshire with his wife and daughter in early 1877...
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Ruins of Sawyer School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Historic Franconia
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Duluth Homestead Project
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Hollywood Town Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Welcome to Hanska
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 6 School in New Sweden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The New Ulm Company Service Station
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Brewery In Preston
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Bend in the River Regional Park
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Sandstone
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Finding The Past In Swatara
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Florence Town Hall
Moderne New Ulm Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

