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
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Martha G. Ripley Hospital for Women was a pioneering institution in the history of Minnesota...
The Swinford Apartments
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Robbinsdale Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Eight Days in May Protests
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The original village hall in Waverly was built in 1893. The two-story, brick and stone building sat...
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Endion Depot in Duluth, Minnesota, was moved to Canal Park in 1986 to make way for the...
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Welcome To Cobden
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Welcome To Old Wadena
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Oxford Mill Ruin
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Wasioja
Historic Franconia
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Hanover Bridge
Exploring Sandstone
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
District 48 School Near Delano
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Duluth’s Incline Railway
District 6 School in New Sweden
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Enter Marlon Brando
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Red Wing Iron Works
The Le Sueur Theater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Exploring Ottawa
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Green Lake Mounds
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
State Theater In Hutchinson
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Old Brewery In Preston
The Milford Monument
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
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 Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
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 Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

