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
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium was the first medical hospital in Anoka, Minnesota. Dr. James F. Kline opened the...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Swinford Townhomes
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
District #28 School in Ramsey
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Gates of Stonebridge
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Swinford Apartments
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Greater Minnesota
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
You canโt drive through Zumbrota, Minnesota, without stopping at the covered bridge. Itโs located...
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Lincoln Park In Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Florence Town Hall
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Old School In Wolverton
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hanover Bridge
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Little Marais Inn
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Red Wing Iron Works
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Oxford Mill Ruin
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Historic Wasioja
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Moving Old Hibbing
Meyer School In St Augusta
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Welcome to Hanska
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Lost Highway 61
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Hollywood Town Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Enter Marlon Brando
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Visiting Golden Gate
The Milford Monument
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring Ottawa
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
District 48 School Near Delano
Endion School In Duluth
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Almond White and the Motley Castle
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Green Lake Mounds
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Historic Franconia
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Dotson
Dead Good Walks
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
Itโs clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

