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...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Robbinsdale Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Townhomes
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Wilder Public Baths
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gates of Stonebridge
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Construction started on the railroad depot in Little Falls in 1899. It was designed by Cass Gilbert...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Henry D. Huff was a land speculator who built a brick and stone Italian Villa-style house on a...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Bend in the River Regional Park
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring Ottawa
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Wandering Around The Toimi School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Old Wadena
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Red Wing Iron Works
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Sandstone
The Almelund Creamery
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Enter Marlon Brando
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hanover Bridge
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Welcome To Dotson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
State Theater In Hutchinson
Ruins of Sawyer School
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Franconia
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Green Lake Mounds
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 donโt...
Carnegie Library In Watertown
The first public library was established in Watertown, South Dakota 1899. Like many other growing...

