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
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The first branch library in the Minneapolis Public Library system was built in 1893-1894 and is one...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Townhomes
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Greater Minnesota
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Washington County District No. 2 was formed in 1857 for the growing number of children moving into...
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Vermont-native Almond A. White came to Minnesota after the Civil War and settled in Brainerd for a...
Enter Marlon Brando
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Welcome To Old Wadena
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Red Wing Iron Works
Little Falls Depot
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Sandstone
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Lost Highway 61
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Jordan Brewery Complex
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
District 6 School in New Sweden
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Meyer School In St Augusta
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Almelund Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Green Lake Mounds
Hollywood Town Hall
The Little Marais Inn
Exploring Ottawa
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Duluth Homestead Project
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Ruins of Sawyer School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Chippewa City Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

