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
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
District #28 School in Ramsey
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Landmark Center In St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Greater Minnesota
Endion School In Duluth
The Endion School in Duluth, Minnesota, was built in 1890. The architect who designed the three...
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Duluth Homestead Project
Finding The Past In Swatara
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Welcome To Old Wadena
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Little Falls Depot
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome To Dotson
The Little Marais Inn
The Church of the Holy Cross
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The End of the Line in Currie
Historic Wasioja
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Remembering Quadna Resort
District 48 School Near Delano
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Franconia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Red Wing Iron Works
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Moving Old Hibbing
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Welcome to Hanska
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Brewery In Preston
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Milford Monument
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Florence Town Hall
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Oxford Mill Ruin
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hanover Bridge
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Welcome To Cobden
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lost Highway 61
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
State Theater In Hutchinson
Endion Depot In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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...

