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
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Swinford Townhomes
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Swinford Apartments
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Landmark Center In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Old School In Wolverton
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Sandstone
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Franconia
Moving Old Hibbing
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Cobden
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
Endion School In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Milford Monument
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Visiting Golden Gate
Welcome To Dotson
Exploring Ottawa
Hanover Bridge
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Remembering Quadna Resort
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome to Hanska
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Enter Marlon Brando
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hollywood Town Hall
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Dead Good Walks
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Burials at the cemetery in Frontenac date from the mid-1860s and include some of the town’s...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
The East Arcadia Roller Mill is located on the southern bank of Turton Creek near Arcadia...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

