Originally named the Palazzo, the Colonnade Hotel opened on St. Peter Street in Saint Paul in 1888...
Twin Cities Area
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The first pavilion was built on the shore of Lake Como in St. Paul in 1894. The wooden pavilion was...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Saint Paul Hotel
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
District #28 School in Ramsey
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Greater Minnesota
Taylor House In Le Sueur
There are quite a few examples of the gorgeous Eastlake-style architecture in Minnesota, but this...
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Pennsylvania-native Joseph Renshaw Brown arrived in Minnesota at the age of 14 with the Army. He...
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Ruins of Sawyer School
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Little Marais Inn
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Church of the Holy Cross
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The End of the Line in Currie
Welcome to Hanska
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Exploring Sandstone
Florence Town Hall
Lost Highway 61
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Almelund Creamery
Bend in the River Regional Park
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
District 48 School Near Delano
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Duluth Homestead Project
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Jordan Brewery Complex
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Brewery In Preston
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Little Falls Depot
Finding The Past In Swatara
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Old School In Wolverton
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Green Lake Mounds
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hollywood Town Hall
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Endion Depot In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Welcome To Cobden
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Enter Marlon Brando
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Meyer School In St Augusta
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Visiting Golden Gate
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Moderne New Ulm Library
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Endion School In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Le Sueur Theater
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Oxford Mill Ruin
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Lincoln Park In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Moving Old Hibbing
The Milford Monument
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Randall Cooperative Creamery
State Theater In Hutchinson
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
The Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery near Green Isle, Minnesota, is the final resting place of...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chester Township Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Johan Hvoslef?
Johan Hvoslef was born in Norway in 1839. After graduating from the University of Norway, he came...
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

