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 Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis was founded in January 1897. The church...
The Swinford Townhomes
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Greater Minnesota
Historic Franconia
Franconia was organized in October 1858, just eight months after Ansell Smith recorded the first...
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
A handful of families first settled in Lake Eunice Township around 1870. The following year, a...
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Little Falls Depot
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Church of the Holy Cross
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Lincoln Park In Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Hollywood Town Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Jordan Brewery Complex
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Meyer School In St Augusta
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Finding The Past In Swatara
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Ruins of Sawyer School
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Exploring Sandstone
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The Le Sueur Theater
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Visiting Golden Gate
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Endion Depot In Duluth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Welcome To Cobden
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
The End of the Line in Currie
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Green Lake Mounds
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Moderne New Ulm Library
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Lost Highway 61
State Theater In Hutchinson
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Welcome To Dotson
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Enter Marlon Brando
The Little Marais Inn
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Randall Cooperative Creamery
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
The Milford Monument
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Duluth Homestead Project
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Historic Wasioja
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Lundring Service Station in Canby
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Hanover Bridge
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
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...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
The Woodlawn Cemetery is located at the end of aptly named Cemetery Road in Douglas County. Don’t...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chester Township Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
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?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...

