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
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Swinford Townhomes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
District #28 School in Ramsey
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Welcome to Hanska
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Bend in the River Regional Park
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Enter Marlon Brando
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Sandstone
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion School In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Jordan Brewery Complex
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Almelund Creamery
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Red Wing Iron Works
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lost Highway 61
Visiting Golden Gate
The Church of the Holy Cross
Green Lake Mounds
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hanover Bridge
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
State Theater In Hutchinson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Milford Monument
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Little Falls Depot
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Brewery In Preston
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
Finding The Past In Swatara
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Oxford Mill Ruin
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Endion Depot In Duluth
Historic Franconia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Le Sueur Theater
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moving Old Hibbing
Dead Good Walks
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
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...
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...

