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 didnโt leave behind much...
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Townhomes
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Church of the Holy Cross in Dundas is a Gothic-style church built in 1868. John S. Archibald of...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Lost Highway 61
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Remembering Quadna Resort
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lundring Service Station in Canby
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Meyer School In St Augusta
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Little Marais Inn
The Duluth Homestead Project
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Exploring Ottawa
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hollywood Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Enter Marlon Brando
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Welcome To Dotson
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Green Lake Mounds
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Exploring Sandstone
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

