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
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School opened in Minneapolis in 1932. The school was named after Mary...
Robbinsdale Library
The Gates of Stonebridge
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Swinford Apartments
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Women’s City Club In St Paul
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Wilder Public Baths
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Saint Paul Hotel
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Swinford Townhomes
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Landmark Center In St Paul
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
District #28 School in Ramsey
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Arthur Orr was a 286’ steel package freighter built by the Chicago Ship Building Company. She...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Archibald mill is located on the banks of the Cannon River in Dundas. Brothers John S. and...
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Franconia
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Little Marais Inn
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Enter Marlon Brando
Hollywood Town Hall
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
District 48 School Near Delano
The End of the Line in Currie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Le Sueur Theater
The Church of the Holy Cross
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Little Falls Depot
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Finding The Past In Swatara
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Florence Town Hall
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Almelund Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Jordan Brewery Complex
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Moving Old Hibbing
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Historic Wasioja
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Bend in the River Regional Park
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Meyer School In St Augusta
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lost Highway 61
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
State Theater In Hutchinson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
District 6 School in New Sweden
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Exploring Sandstone
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome to Hanska
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Endion School In Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Hanover Bridge
Remembering Quadna Resort
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Green Lake Mounds
The Duluth Homestead Project
Old Brewery In Preston
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Exploring Ottawa
Red Wing Iron Works
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
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...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Amidst the tranquil beauty of the Wisconsin countryside, the weathered gravestones of the Garden...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

