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
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Construction on the Hamm Building in downtown St Paul began in 1915 and was completed in 1920. The...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Swinford Apartments
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Greater Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Munger Terrace has been a landmark in Duluthโs Central Hillside neighborhood since the building was...
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rumors of copper riches hidden in the North Shore's streams and hillsides had excited the...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Hollywood Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
State Theater In Hutchinson
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Old Brewery In Preston
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Oxford Mill Ruin
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Little Falls Depot
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
The End of the Line in Currie
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Duluth Homestead Project
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Historic Wasioja
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Remembering Quadna Resort
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Visiting Golden Gate
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Florence Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Church of the Holy Cross
Enter Marlon Brando
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Welcome To Old Wadena
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Jordan Brewery Complex
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Historic Franconia
Green Lake Mounds
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
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...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

