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
The Gates of Stonebridge
In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Robbinsdale Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Saint Paul Hotel
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wilder Public Baths
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Eight Days in May Protests
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Swinford Apartments
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
Greater Minnesota
Lost Highway 61
History buffs and curiosity seekers revel in finding a piece of the past. Stumbling across...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286โ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
Welcome To Dotson
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Moving Old Hibbing
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood Town Hall
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Endion School In Duluth
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Endion Depot In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Hanover Bridge
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
Green Lake Mounds
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Enter Marlon Brando
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Church of the Holy Cross
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The Le Sueur Theater
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
District 6 School in New Sweden
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Moderne New Ulm Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Visiting Golden Gate
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Ottawa
Exploring Sandstone
The Milford Monument
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering Quadna Resort
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Historic Franconia
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Old Brewery In Preston
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
Historic Wasioja
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
District 48 School Near Delano
Bend in the River Regional Park
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Welcome To Cobden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome to Hanska
Red Wing Iron Works
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Florence Town Hall
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindstrรถm. It is the oldest...
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
The only thing scary about Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan is the state of the oldest part of the...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butlerโs interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
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 Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
Welcome to Heaton
Heaton, North Dakota was founded in 1899. It began as a railroad town and eventually grew into a...

