It may have been luck that spared the Colonnade Hotel the same fate as so many other old downtown...
Twin Cities Area
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Wilder Public Baths
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Landmark Center In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Hanska was supposed to be a quick stop on my way from Mankato to Sleepy Eye. I planned to get a few...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Minnesota Home School for Girls was established by the state legislature in 1907 as a...
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Wasioja
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Milford Monument
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Endion School In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Ruins of Sawyer School
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Florence Town Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Little Falls Depot
State Theater In Hutchinson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Enter Marlon Brando
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The End of the Line in Currie
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Meyer School In St Augusta
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
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...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...

