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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
If you’ve been to the Mille Lacs area of Minnesota, there’s a good chance you’ve...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasnโt until...
Welcome To Dotson
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Old Brewery In Preston
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Red Wing Iron Works
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Exploring Sandstone
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Wasioja
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Old School In Wolverton
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering Quadna Resort
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Jordan Brewery Complex
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The End of the Line in Currie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Franconia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Moving Old Hibbing
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome to Hanska
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...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce 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 donโt...

