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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Gates of Stonebridge
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
District 6 School in New Sweden
The District 6 school in New Sweden Township stands in a field surrounded by tall stalks of corn in...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Visiting Golden Gate
The Almelund Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Church of the Holy Cross
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Old Brewery In Preston
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring Ottawa
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Sandstone
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Duluth Homestead Project
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Dotson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Oxford Mill Ruin
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Old School In Wolverton
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome To Old Wadena
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
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...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

