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
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
As the population of St. Paul grew, people began moving out of the city's core and into quieter...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Swinford Apartments
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
State Theater In Hutchinson
The State Theater in Hutchinson, Minnesota, opened its doors on December 28, 1937. Customers paid...
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Le Sueur Theater
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Almelund Creamery
Oxford Mill Ruin
Little Falls Depot
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taylor House In Le Sueur
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Endion School In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bend in the River Regional Park
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The End of the Line in Currie
Hanover Bridge
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Little Marais Inn
Old Brewery In Preston
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Historic Franconia
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Moving Old Hibbing
Moderne New Ulm Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Lost Highway 61
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hollywood Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Sandstone
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Welcome To Cobden
Endion Depot In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Green Lake Mounds
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Old School In Wolverton
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Duluth Homestead Project
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

