Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolis’ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Robbinsdale Library
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
I’m sure we’ve all made typos that made us cringe once we noticed them. But most of our...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lost Highway 61
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Ottawa
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Remembering Quadna Resort
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moving Old Hibbing
The Little Marais Inn
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Welcome to Hanska
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Franconia
The Almelund Creamery
The Church of the Holy Cross
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Green Lake Mounds
The Old School In Wolverton
Florence Town Hall
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Le Sueur Theater
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood Town Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
Little Falls Depot
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Old Brewery In Preston
District 6 School in New Sweden
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Endion Depot In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hanover Bridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Endion School In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Red Wing Iron Works
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Dotson
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

