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 Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis was founded in 1907 by 39 of the city’s most influential women.This...
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Two weeks after the James–Younger Gang raided Northfield the gang appeared at the farm of Ole...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Enter Marlon Brando
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Moving Old Hibbing
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Florence Town Hall
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
District 6 School in New Sweden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
District 48 School Near Delano
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Finding The Past In Swatara
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Cobden
The Church of the Holy Cross
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Old Brewery In Preston
Bend in the River Regional Park
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Visiting Golden Gate
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lost Highway 61
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Duluth Homestead Project
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Green Lake Mounds
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Old School In Wolverton
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Franconia
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hollywood Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Ruins of Sawyer School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hanover Bridge
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The End of the Line in Currie
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Oxford Mill Ruin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Endion Depot In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Ottawa
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Welcome To Old Wadena
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Milford Monument
The Almelund Creamery
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Incline Railway
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Le Sueur Theater
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Dead Good Walks
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City 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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The first library opened in Millbank, South Dakota, in 1882. It served the community so well that...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

