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
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Edwin H Hewitt was one of Minnesota’s most widely-known architects of the 20th century. Born in Red...
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Robbinsdale Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Settled in 1854 by Pennsylvania native Benjamin Spencer, Spencer Brook was one of the first...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lincoln Park is 37 acres of space along Miller Creek in Duluth’s west end. Today, the park includes...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Green Lake Mounds
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Welcome To Cobden
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Red Wing Iron Works
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Hollywood Town Hall
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
District 48 School Near Delano
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome to Hanska
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Meyer School In St Augusta
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Welcome To Dotson
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Visiting Golden Gate
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Hanover Bridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
The Church of the Holy Cross
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Brewery In Preston
Little Falls Depot
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Exploring Sandstone
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Endion Depot In Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The End of the Line in Currie
Florence Town Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Exploring Ottawa
The Milford Monument
Ruins of Sawyer School
Welcome To Old Wadena
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
State Theater In Hutchinson
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chippewa City was a turn of the century settlement on the north shore of Lake Superior near Grand...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Edith Robbins Daniel?
Edith Robbins was the eldest daughter of Robbinsdale’s founder Andrew B. Robbins. She...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
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 don’t...

