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 Eight Days in May Protests
For many at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus, May 9, 1972 started out like any other...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Wilder Public Baths
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Geldner Sawmill stands on a narrow strip of land that separates Lake Jefferson and German Lake...
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
In 1929, the Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge was established in Lanesboro, Minnesota. Membership...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome to Hanska
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
The Little Marais Inn
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Moving Old Hibbing
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Meyer School In St Augusta
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Visiting Golden Gate
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Duluth Homestead Project
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Jordan Brewery Complex
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Welcome To Old Wadena
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Red Wing Iron Works
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Dr. Timothy O’Brien was a country doctor and pioneer surgeon who slowly moved west from Ontario...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

