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
Robbinsdale Library
The Robbinsdale Library opened its doors for the first time on January 4, 1926, thanks to the...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Originally built as the second home of the First Swedish Baptist Church in 1910, the Temple Baptist...
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Rush City Creamery Cooperative was organized in 1907 by a group of local dairy farmers. After...
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Old School In Wolverton
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Endion School In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Franconia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Dotson
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Lost Highway 61
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Milford Monument
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Finding The Past In Swatara
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Le Sueur Theater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Meyer School In St Augusta
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Red Wing Iron Works
Bend in the River Regional Park
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Historic Wasioja
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Welcome To Old Wadena
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Exploring Ottawa
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
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...

