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
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
At the turn of the 20th century, urban amusement parks were a popular form of communal...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Gates of Stonebridge
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Greater Minnesota
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Lincoln Branch of the Duluth Public Library opened in 1917 thanks to $30,000 from Andrew...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You can’t drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. It’s located...
The End of the Line in Currie
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Le Sueur Theater
The Milford Monument
Oxford Mill Ruin
Enter Marlon Brando
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering Quadna Resort
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Visiting Golden Gate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Little Marais Inn
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Welcome To Old Wadena
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Exploring Sandstone
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Lost Highway 61
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Historic Wasioja
Endion School In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Red Wing Iron Works
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Almond White and the Motley Castle
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Franconia
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Cobden
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 48 School Near Delano
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Exploring Ottawa
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Jordan Brewery Complex
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Almelund Creamery
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Little Falls Depot
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Green Lake Mounds
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
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...
Chester Township Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

