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
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s Guardians of Health
The Washburn water tower sits on a hill in the heart of the Washburn Park (commonly known as...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Robbinsdale Library
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
Bend in the River Regional Park
Bend in the River Regional Park is located on the former property of the Graves family. The...
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Old School In Wolverton
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Moving Old Hibbing
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Old Wadena
The End of the Line in Currie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lost Highway 61
Welcome to Hanska
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lincoln Park In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Randall Cooperative Creamery
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Exploring Sandstone
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Duluth Homestead Project
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Visiting Golden Gate
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Jordan Brewery Complex
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Wasioja
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
District 48 School Near Delano
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
The Little Marais Inn
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Milford Monument
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Cobden
Endion School In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

