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
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to an Opulent...
Before Summit Avenue became a magnet for the stateโs empire builders, St. Paulโs elite built their...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Swinford Apartments
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
District #28 School in Ramsey
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wilder Public Baths
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lincoln Avenue, located on the east side of St. Cloud, became part of the Jefferson Highway system...
Historic Wasioja
Wasioja, Minnesota, was a thriving community in the 1850s and 1860s. The village was settled in...
Enter Marlon Brando
Moving Old Hibbing
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Dotson
The Le Sueur Theater
Meyer School In St Augusta
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Milford Monument
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Duluth Homestead Project
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Old Brewery In Preston
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Finding The Past In Swatara
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Little Marais Inn
The Old School In Wolverton
The End of the Line in Currie
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Little Falls Depot
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Welcome To Cobden
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Welcome to Hanska
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
District 48 School Near Delano
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Ruins of Sawyer School
Hanover Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Visiting Golden Gate
Green Lake Mounds
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Red Wing Iron Works
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Old Wadena
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hollywood Town Hall
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Endion School In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Dead Good Walks
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Maple Hill Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Chester Township Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
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 Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

