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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Randall Cooperative Creamery
It isn’t clear when this brick creamery was built in Randall--one source says 1916 and another...
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome to Hanska
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring Sandstone
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Remembering Quadna Resort
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Visiting Golden Gate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Florence Town Hall
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The End of the Line in Currie
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Ottawa
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Enter Marlon Brando
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Historic Wasioja
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Endion Depot In Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Almelund Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Meyer School In St Augusta
Old Brewery In Preston
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Green Lake Mounds
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Milford Monument
Welcome To Old Wadena
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

