Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Landmark Center in St Paul, Minnesota, was dedicated in 1902 and originally served as the Federal...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Gates of Stonebridge
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Happy accidents. That’s sometimes how I find some of my favorite places to share with you. I...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Welcome to Hanska
Moving Old Hibbing
Finding The Past In Swatara
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Jordan Brewery Complex
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Florence Town Hall
The Milford Monument
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Endion Depot In Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Green Lake Mounds
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Hanover Bridge
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Bend in the River Regional Park
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Duluth Homestead Project
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...

