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 Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Although the local resort industry near Detroit Lakes stretches back to the 1870s, it wasn’t until...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Welcome To Cobden
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Milford Monument
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Duluth Homestead Project
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Church of the Holy Cross
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Dotson
Red Wing Iron Works
District 6 School in New Sweden
Visiting Golden Gate
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Franconia
Bend in the River Regional Park
Green Lake Mounds
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Almelund Creamery
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Oxford Mill Ruin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The End of the Line in Currie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Hanover Bridge
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Finding The Past In Swatara
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome To Old Wadena
Moving Old Hibbing
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Sandstone
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Endion School In Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...

