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 Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The historic Turnblad mansion was built between 1904 and 1908 for Swan Turnblad, his wife...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluth’s Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Old Brewery In Preston
The Preston Brewery is located at the foot of a bluff on the banks of the Root River. Brewing...
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Old School In Wolverton
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Little Marais Inn
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Exploring Sandstone
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
State Theater In Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Le Sueur Theater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Florence Town Hall
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Endion Depot In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Endion School In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The End of the Line in Currie
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood Town Hall
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

