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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Landmark Center In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The charming town of Winona, Minnesota, once played host to an extraordinary tale in the world of...
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
St Rose of Lima church was built in 1878. The church and its cemetery sit on over an acre of land...
Historic Wasioja
Lost Highway 61
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Visiting Golden Gate
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Florence Town Hall
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Duluth Homestead Project
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
District 48 School Near Delano
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Endion School In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Endion Depot In Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome To Old Wadena
Finding The Past In Swatara
Moderne New Ulm Library
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Milford Monument
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Le Sueur Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Randall Cooperative Creamery
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Sandstone
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Historic Franconia
The Church of the Holy Cross
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Old Brewery In Preston
The Old School In Wolverton
Hanover Bridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Welcome to Hanska
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
State Theater In Hutchinson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Exploring Ottawa
District 6 School in New Sweden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moving Old Hibbing
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
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...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

