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 Swinford Townhomes
The Swinford Townhomes were built overlooking Hawthorne Park in 1886. They were constructed in...
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Landmark Center In St Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
The Saint Paul Hotel
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
District #28 School in Ramsey
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Greater Minnesota
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge (Svenska Mission Kyrka i Sodre Maple Ridge)...
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
One of the earliest victims of the big blow on Lake Superior in November of 1905 was the steamer...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Visiting Golden Gate
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Welcome to Hanska
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Old School In Wolverton
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
The Duluth Homestead Project
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Exploring Sandstone
Lost Highway 61
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Almond White and the Motley Castle
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
The Almelund Creamery
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Remembering Quadna Resort
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Little Falls Depot
The End of the Line in Currie
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Green Lake Mounds
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Moderne New Ulm Library
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
District 6 School in New Sweden
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Hollywood Town Hall
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Exploring Ottawa
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Red Wing Iron Works
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Florence Town Hall
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Endion School In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The New Ulm Company Service Station
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
The Le Sueur Theater
Welcome To Cobden
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Finding The Past In Swatara
Welcome To Dotson
Hanover Bridge
Moving Old Hibbing
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Old Brewery In Preston
The Church of the Holy Cross
Oxford Mill Ruin
State Theater In Hutchinson
District 48 School Near Delano
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Welcome To Old Wadena
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
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...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Golden Gate Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia 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 Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Roadtrips
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

