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
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Minnesota Linseed Oil Company was incorporated in September 1870. Around 1878, company managers...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Apartments
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Greater Minnesota
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swatara, Minnesota, started out as a logging town when several logging companies moved into the...
Jordan Brewery Complex
During the 1860s, Jordan had become an early industrial center in Scott County and brewing became...
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Endion School In Duluth
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Moderne New Ulm Library
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Florence Town Hall
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
District 6 School in New Sweden
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Remembering Quadna Resort
Old Brewery In Preston
The Duluth Homestead Project
The Little Marais Inn
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Church of the Holy Cross
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Ruins of Sawyer School
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Hanover Bridge
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
State Theater In Hutchinson
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Moving Old Hibbing
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Green Lake Mounds
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Welcome To Dotson
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
District 48 School Near Delano
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Little Falls Depot
Red Wing Iron Works
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Le Sueur Theater
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Welcome To Old Wadena
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Bend in the River Regional Park
Exploring Sandstone
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Wasioja
The Milford Monument
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Lost Highway 61
Welcome To Cobden
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Enter Marlon Brando
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Hollywood Town Hall
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Visiting Golden Gate
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
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 Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Roadtrips
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church in Wilton, North Dakota, was built in 1913. Church...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

