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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Gates of Stonebridge
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
After 120 years, the mystery of what happened to Clara Ober between the evening of July 29th, 1895...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
District 48 School Near Delano
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Little Falls Depot
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Oxford Mill Ruin
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Old Brewery In Preston
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Old School In Wolverton
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome To Cobden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome To Dotson
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion Depot In Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Red Wing Iron Works
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Historic Wasioja
Exploring Ottawa
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Historic Franconia
Visiting Golden Gate
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bend in the River Regional Park
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...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn 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 Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

