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
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Constructed in 1897 for $13,000, the First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was designed...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Remembering Quadna Resort
When I arrived at the Quadna Resort, I felt like I’d stepped back in time. Although the lodge...
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Florence Town Hall
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Old Brewery In Preston
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Milford Monument
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
District 48 School Near Delano
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Little Marais Inn
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Endion School In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jordan Brewery Complex
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Ruins of Sawyer School
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
State Theater In Hutchinson
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Cobden
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 6 School in New Sweden
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lost Highway 61
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Dead Good Walks
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
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

