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
Wilder Public Baths
It's hard to imagine a time when taking a bath or shower in your own home wasn’t possible, but the...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Saint Paul Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Greater Minnesota
Red Wing Iron Works
Red Wing Iron Works was founded in 1866 by brothers Benjamin and Daniel Densmore. They found a...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
William J Mayo was the older of the two Mayo brothers who, along with five partners, founded the...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Meyer School In St Augusta
Visiting Golden Gate
Enter Marlon Brando
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Franconia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Little Falls Depot
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Ruins of Sawyer School
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
The Little Marais Inn
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hanover Bridge
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Florence Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Milford Monument
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Old Brewery In Preston
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Green Lake Mounds
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Le Sueur Theater
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

