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...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District Number 11 in McLeod County was first organized in 1865 to serve the predominantly Czech...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Almelund Creamery
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
Welcome to Hanska
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Milford Monument
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Old Brewery In Preston
Ruins of Sawyer School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Franconia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Welcome To Dotson
Oxford Mill Ruin
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Little Falls Depot
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Moving Old Hibbing
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering Quadna Resort
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Welcome To Old Wadena
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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...

