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
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little was a partner in a Minneapolis-based real estate firm. He didn’t leave behind much...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Swinford Apartments
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Moderne New Ulm Library
In 1936, a sleek, Moderne-style public library was built in New Ulm, Minnesota. The land for the...
Exploring Sandstone
The city of Sandstone, Minnesota, was platted and incorporated in 1887. The area was a major hub...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
Little Falls Depot
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Visiting Golden Gate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Little Marais Inn
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Hanover Bridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Historic Franconia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The End of the Line in Currie
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moving Old Hibbing
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
District 48 School Near Delano
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Welcome To Dotson
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion School In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Ruins of Sawyer School
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

