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 Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
In March 1963, the Twin Cities were rocked by a shocking and brutal crime – the murder of Carol...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Swinford Apartments
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
By the end of the 19th century, dairy was quickly out-pacing wheat as the top agricultural...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Florence Town Hall
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Remembering Quadna Resort
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Enter Marlon Brando
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion School In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moderne New Ulm Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Old Brewery In Preston
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Hollywood Town Hall
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Jordan Brewery Complex
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Visiting Golden Gate
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Cobden
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Dotson
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City