Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Swinford Townhomes
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Eight Days in May Protests
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
I was lucky enough in 2020 to visit three really unique town halls. Each one was designed and built...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
I’d never noticed this marker along the Expressway between Duluth and Two Harbors until a...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Franconia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Exploring Ottawa
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Little Marais Inn
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Milford Monument
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Finding The Past In Swatara
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Le Sueur Theater
Endion School In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Moving Old Hibbing
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Welcome To Old Wadena
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The New Ulm Company Service Station
District 6 School in New Sweden
Enter Marlon Brando
Lost Highway 61
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Wasioja
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Meyer School In St Augusta
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hollywood Town Hall
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Little Falls Depot
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The End of the Line in Currie
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Oxford Mill Ruin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
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 donโt...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...

