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

