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 Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George H. Christian was a manager at the Washburn-Crosby Company in Minneapolis who worked out a...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Apartments
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Robbinsdale Library
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Townhomes
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The town of Hasty in central Minnesota began with the construction of a new Great Northern Railway...
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Moderne New Ulm Library
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Florence Town Hall
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Almelund Creamery
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion Depot In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome to Hanska
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Jordan Brewery Complex
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Remembering Quadna Resort
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Franconia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Endion School In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Wasioja
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Meyer School In St Augusta
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Finding The Past In Swatara
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome To Dotson
The Milford Monument
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Green Lake Mounds
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Old School In Wolverton
District 48 School Near Delano
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Oxford Mill Ruin
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Old Brewery In Preston
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Little Falls Depot
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Ottawa
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordway—known by her nickname, Sally—was born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

