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
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
When I first visited the Anoka State Hospital grounds I didnโt know where I was. I certainly didnโt...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Eight Days in May Protests
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Landmark Center In St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Greater Minnesota
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
This old stone chapel was built at the Sunrise Funeral Home and Cemetery in 1949. Located in...
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Freemasons organized a lodge in Clearwater, Minnesota in 1858 that became known as Masonic...
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The End of the Line in Currie
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood Town Hall
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Endion School In Duluth
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Meyer School In St Augusta
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Welcome To Dotson
Green Lake Mounds
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Red Wing Iron Works
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Wasioja
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Le Sueur Theater
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Almelund Creamery
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Welcome to Hanska
The Old School In Wolverton
Little Falls Depot
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Finding The Past In Swatara
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Moving Old Hibbing
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Florence Town Hall
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Old Brewery In Preston
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Enter Marlon Brando
District 6 School in New Sweden
Ruins of Sawyer School
Lost Highway 61
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Milford Monument
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Visiting Golden Gate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
The Duluth Homestead Project
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Endion Depot In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Little Marais Inn
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
District 48 School Near Delano
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Bend in the River Regional Park
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Moderne New Ulm Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Exploring Sandstone
Dead Good Walks
Golden Gate Cemetery
The little town of Golden Gate, Minnesota, sprang up around John Heimerdingerโs grist mill in the...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Chippewa City Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Who the heck was...
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 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?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roadtrips
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Building whaleback ships was an essential industry in Superior, Wisconsin, for more than a decade...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...

