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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Apartments
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wilder Public Baths
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Gates of Stonebridge
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Greater Minnesota
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Duluth Homestead Project, also known as the Jackson Project, began under the United States...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesota’s smallest town. The 2010 census...
Red Wing Iron Works
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Welcome To Cobden
The Milford Monument
Meyer School In St Augusta
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
Endion School In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Old Brewery In Preston
Green Lake Mounds
Endion Depot In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Le Sueur Theater
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Exploring Ottawa
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
District 48 School Near Delano
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Moving Old Hibbing
Bend in the River Regional Park
Visiting Golden Gate
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
The Little Marais Inn
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Enter Marlon Brando
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
District 6 School in New Sweden
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Church of the Holy Cross
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Wasioja
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Welcome To Dotson
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Little Falls Depot
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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...

