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
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
This beauty was built in 1914 and is St Paul’s largest Prairie Style house at just under 3,000...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Saint Paul Hotel
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wilder Public Baths
Greater Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Several buildings were constructed on 30 acres of lakefront property in Two Harbors in the 1920s to...
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Before the Interstate Bridge was built between Duluth and Superior in the late-1890s, the only way...
Historic Wasioja
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
District 6 School in New Sweden
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Milford Monument
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Almond White and the Motley Castle
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Lost Highway 61
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Remembering Quadna Resort
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Cobden
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Green Lake Mounds
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Historic Franconia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Old School In Wolverton
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome to Hanska
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Moving Old Hibbing
Red Wing Iron Works
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Moderne New Ulm Library
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion School In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Enter Marlon Brando
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Little Marais Inn
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
State Theater In Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Little Falls Depot
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
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...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
“Once upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

