Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
In 1944, a group of talented athletes took the field at Nicollet Park in Minneapolis to wild...
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Women’s City Club In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Saint Paul Hotel
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Robbinsdale Library
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Greater Minnesota
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
The Almelund Creamery
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Green Lake Mounds
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The End of the Line in Currie
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Ottawa
Daniel Piper House in Medford
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lost Highway 61
The Milford Monument
The Duluth Homestead Project
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Exploring Sandstone
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Dotson
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Ruins of Sawyer School
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Endion School In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Old Brewery In Preston
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jordan Brewery Complex
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Historic Wasioja
Moderne New Ulm Library
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Wandering Around The Toimi School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome To Old Wadena
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Le Sueur Theater
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome to Hanska
Visiting Golden Gate
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Red Wing Iron Works
Enter Marlon Brando
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Old School In Wolverton
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
State Theater In Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Oxford Mill Ruin
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Historic Franconia
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 6 School in New Sweden
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Hanover Bridge
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
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...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Walking The Rochester State Hospital 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

