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’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
At around 3:30 p.m. on February 5, 1924, the most devastating mining disaster in Minnesota history...
Welcome To Old Wadena
The townsite now known as Old Wadena was located on the Crow Wing River between the mouths of the...
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
Finding The Past In Swatara
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
District 48 School Near Delano
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Church of the Holy Cross
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Old Brewery In Preston
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Exploring Ottawa
The Little Marais Inn
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Moving Old Hibbing
Historic Wasioja
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Historic Franconia
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Sandstone
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The End of the Line in Currie
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Milford Monument
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Almelund Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lost Highway 61
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Cobden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Endion Depot In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Hollywood Town Hall
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Little Falls Depot
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

