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
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Elizabeth C. Quinlan was the co-founder of the Young-Quinlan Department Store in downtown...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wilder Public Baths
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Swinford Townhomes
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Early settler and local banker Edson Smith built this French Second Empire style home for his...
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Ness Congregation was originally organized as the Norwegian Evangelical St. Johannes...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Historic Wasioja
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Visiting Golden Gate
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Meyer School In St Augusta
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Milford Monument
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Endion School In Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Green Lake Mounds
Bend in the River Regional Park
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Almelund Creamery
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Welcome To Cobden
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Franconia
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Florence Town Hall
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
State Theater In Hutchinson
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Finding The Past In Swatara
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Little Falls Depot
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The End of the Line in Currie
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Church of the Holy Cross
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Lost Highway 61
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
The Duluth Homestead Project
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Moving Old Hibbing
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Old Brewery In Preston
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
The Old School In Wolverton
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Randall Cooperative Creamery
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Old Wadena
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Welcome to Hanska
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Red Wing Iron Works
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Remembering Quadna Resort
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Chester Township Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesotaโs biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
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...
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Minneapolis held the title of the Flour Milling Capital of the World for decades, starting with the...

