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...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
Wilder Public Baths
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Visiting Golden Gate
A post office was first established in Golden Gate, Minnesota, in 1868. The little town sprang up...
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Lost Highway 61
Jordan Brewery Complex
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Old School In Wolverton
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Little Falls Depot
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
District 48 School Near Delano
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Florence Town Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The End of the Line in Currie
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Welcome To Old Wadena
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Moderne New Ulm Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
District 6 School in New Sweden
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood Town Hall
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
The Milford Monument
Historic Franconia
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Daniel Piper House in Medford
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Welcome To Dotson
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Exploring Ottawa
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Cobden
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Hanover Bridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Welcome to Hanska
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
State Theater In Hutchinson
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Bend in the River Regional Park
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Wasioja
Enter Marlon Brando
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Church of the Holy Cross
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
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...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan Company?
Elizabeth Quinlan is a name synonymous with the Young-Quinlan Department Store, a Minneapolis...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

