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
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Located in Robbinsdale, the international-style Terrace Theatre opened on May 23, 1951. At the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
In 1890, Ole Rosenthal and a friend were moving a cart across his property near the Minnesota River...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
District 6 School in New Sweden
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Meyer School In St Augusta
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The End of the Line in Currie
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Wasioja
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome To Cobden
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Little Falls Depot
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Hollywood Town Hall
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Visiting Golden Gate
Endion Depot In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Little Marais Inn
Jordan Brewery Complex
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Franconia
Oxford Mill Ruin
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
District 48 School Near Delano
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Endion School In Duluth
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...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

