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
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St. Paul
The Aberdeen Hotel may not have been the first luxury apartment hotel in the Twin Cities, but it...
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Swinford Townhomes
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Gates of Stonebridge
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Swinford Apartments
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Saint Paul Hotel
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
Meyer School In St Augusta
The original District 35 (Meyer) school was a log structure built around 1868. As the population of...
Lost Highway 61
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Endion Depot In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Historic Wasioja
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Little Falls Depot
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Le Sueur Theater
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The End of the Line in Currie
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Exploring Ottawa
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Exploring Sandstone
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Old School In Wolverton
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Red Wing Iron Works
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
The Little Marais Inn
Florence Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Finding The Past In Swatara
District 48 School Near Delano
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moderne New Ulm Library
Welcome To Cobden
Welcome To Dotson
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Visiting Golden Gate
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Milford Monument
Old Brewery In Preston
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Welcome to Hanska
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hanover Bridge
Dead Good Walks
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...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Who the heck was...
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 Veda Ponikvar?
Veda Ponikvar was born in Chisholm in 1919 to Slovenian immigrants who worked in the mines that...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Watts Free Library In Leonard
The Watts Free Libary in Leonard, North Dakota, represents small community libraries built from...

