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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Free Public Library in Hutchinson, Minnesota, was first organized in 1874 by early settlers of...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Duluth Homestead Project
Florence Town Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Welcome To Old Wadena
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lost Highway 61
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Franconia
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Moving Old Hibbing
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
The Le Sueur Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Bend in the River Regional Park
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering Quadna Resort
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
District 48 School Near Delano
Welcome To Dotson
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Little Falls Depot
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Meyer School In St Augusta
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Exploring Sandstone
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Green Lake Mounds
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Welcome To Cobden
Hollywood Town Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Wasioja
Welcome to Hanska
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Milford Monument
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Little Marais Inn
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Dead Good Walks
Maple Hill Cemetery
Dedicated in 1857, the rolling slopes of Maple Hill became the final resting place of early...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

