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
District #28 School in Ramsey
The District #28 School was constructed in Ramsey in 1892 to replace a smaller, wood frame school...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Wilder Public Baths
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Saint Paul Hotel
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Bally Blacksmith Shop opened in 1911 when Sam Bally left his job at a sawmill to open his own...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Churchill Methodist Church is located in present-day Brookfield Township, Minnesota. The...
The Duluth Homestead Project
District 48 School Near Delano
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Ruins of Sawyer School
Old Brewery In Preston
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Moderne New Ulm Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion Depot In Duluth
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Remembering Quadna Resort
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Little Marais Inn
Welcome To Dotson
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Lost Highway 61
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Endion School In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Little Falls Depot
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
District 6 School in New Sweden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome To Cobden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Almelund Creamery
Finding The Past In Swatara
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Enter Marlon Brando
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Old School In Wolverton
Red Wing Iron Works
The End of the Line in Currie
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
The Milford Monument
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Le Sueur Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Welcome to Hanska
Exploring Ottawa
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Exploring Sandstone
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdinger’s grist mill in the...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

