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
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
The Swinford Apartments
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wilder Public Baths
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Saint Paul Hotel
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Greater Minnesota
The Almelund Creamery
The first cooperative creamery opened in Almelund in 1896 and quickly gained a reputation for...
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Ruins of Sawyer School
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Green Lake Mounds
Welcome to Hanska
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Le Sueur Theater
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Welcome To Cobden
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Exploring Sandstone
Hollywood Town Hall
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Duluth’s Incline Railway
State Theater In Hutchinson
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
District 48 School Near Delano
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Moving Old Hibbing
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Remembering Quadna Resort
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Welcome To Dotson
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Historic Franconia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Duluth Homestead Project
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Red Wing Iron Works
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Endion School In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Finding The Past In Swatara
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Enter Marlon Brando
Florence Town Hall
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Visiting Golden Gate
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
District 6 School in New Sweden
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
The Little Marais Inn
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Moderne New Ulm Library
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
The End of the Line in Currie
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Historic Wasioja
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Old School In Wolverton
Lost Highway 61
The Church of the Holy Cross
Meyer School In St Augusta
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Old Brewery In Preston
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Dead Good Walks
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
The Old Settlers Cemetery in Hovland, Minnesota, is the final resting place of generations of...
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...

