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
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
All of Theodore and Louise Hamm’s children stayed close to their family home and business. Most...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Wilder Public Baths
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Greater Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Chisago County State Bank was built in Center City in 1915. In August 1925, more than 60...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion School In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Welcome to Hanska
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome To Dotson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Hanover Bridge
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring Ottawa
Old Brewery In Preston
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Visiting Golden Gate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hollywood Town Hall
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Le Sueur Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The End of the Line in Currie
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bend in the River Regional Park
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lost Highway 61
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Milford Monument
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Moderne New Ulm Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jordan Brewery Complex
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Green Lake Mounds
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
Meyer School In St Augusta
Welcome To Cobden
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chippewa City Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

