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
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Built between 1902 and 1904, this beautiful building on its shady lot served southeast Minneapolis...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Eight Days in May Protests
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Landmark Center In St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Park Island Hotel in Center City opened in 1900. The secluded, lakeside property offered guests...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Church of the Holy Cross
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Enter Marlon Brando
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Hanover Bridge
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Exploring Ottawa
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Welcome To Cobden
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
District 6 School in New Sweden
Endion School In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood Town Hall
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Old School In Wolverton
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Florence Town Hall
The Duluth Homestead Project
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lost Highway 61
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Welcome to Hanska
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Exploring Sandstone
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Oxford Mill Ruin
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering Quadna Resort
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Red Wing Iron Works
The Almelund Creamery
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Endion Depot In Duluth
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Franconia
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Green Lake Mounds
Little Falls Depot
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Dead Good Walks
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Who the heck was...
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 Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

