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 Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Minneapolisโ most prominent citizens were shocked when they learned that the Minnesota State Fair...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Swinford Townhomes
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Wilder Public Baths
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
For several years, Tenney held the distinction of being Minnesotaโs smallest town. The 2010 census...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The public library in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota was built in 1913 with a $10,000 grant from Andrew...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 48 School Near Delano
Finding The Past In Swatara
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Church of the Holy Cross
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Almelund Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Ruins of Sawyer School
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
The Old School In Wolverton
Old Brewery In Preston
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Old Wadena
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Enter Marlon Brando
Exploring Ottawa
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Green Lake Mounds
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Jordan Brewery Complex
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The New Ulm Company Service Station
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Le Sueur Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hanover Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Meyer School In St Augusta
The End of the Line in Currie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Lost Highway 61
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome To Cobden
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Little Falls Depot
Historic Franconia
The Milford Monument
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Florence Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bend in the River Regional Park
Endion Depot In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 6 School in New Sweden
Historic Wasioja
The Duluth Homestead Project
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Donโt...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Sarah Prudence Ordwayโknown by her nickname, Sallyโwas born in 1910. She was the granddaughter of...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
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 Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
โOnce upon a time, sixty years ago, a little girl lived in the big woods of Wisconsin, in a little...

