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 Swinford Apartments
The Swinford Apartments were built overlooking pretty Hawthorne Park in 1897. The four-story...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Beaver Bay is the oldest white settlement along the North Shore of Lake Superior. It was...
The Old School In Wolverton
When Miller’s Station was established in 1878, the small trading post town was a steamboat stop...
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Moving Old Hibbing
District 6 School in New Sweden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Meyer School In St Augusta
Little Falls Depot
Welcome to Hanska
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Enter Marlon Brando
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Finding The Past In Swatara
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
District 48 School Near Delano
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lost Highway 61
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Jordan Brewery Complex
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

